Route
The Mornington Peninsula Freeway is incomplete, and has been for decades (VicRoads having decided that traffic on the route was not heavy enough to merit a Frankston Bypass, the middle section of the freeway), and at this stage, there are actually two freeways, a northern section and a southern section, linked by a divided highway.
Its northern section links Springvale Road just outside Edithvale to the Moorooduc Highway in Frankston. It is signed with a shield, including the Moorooduc Highway. It changes names to become the Frankston Freeway in Carrum Downs south until Cranbourne-Frankston Road, as the incomplete section of the actual Mornington Peninsula Freeway, which bypasses Frankston, swings off to the south east.
A further 20 kilometres south along Moorooduc Highway, the Mornington Peninsula Freeway recommences in a southern section until Boneo Road, Rosebud. This section of the freeway passes through vineyards, stud farms and gardens along the Mornington Peninsula.
The freeway is generally parallel to Point Nepean Road and Nepean Highway almost all the way including Moorooduc Highway, having been constructed to relieve traffic on that road.
At the northern end of the northern section, Melbourne-bound traffic may turn right along Springvale Road to access Monash Freeway or Princes Highway. Turning left follows an alternative way to the city via Nepean Highway, which in many cases is faster, due to the common traffic congestion on the Monash Freeway.
Signage installed as part of the Peninsula Link construction reveals that the entire route will be designated when Peninsula Link opens. Signage already installed shows the Frankston Freeway section from Eastlink to Cranbourne Road will be signed as M3 at the same time.
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